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I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. Dario Argento

Thought Bad Through Bad Thing Where Nostalgia Thing Phase

Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will. Dario Argento

Work History Will Thought Early Work Distinguished About Something Adored Something Special Occupy Always Audiences Italian Italian Film Did Apart Them Realized Then Special Film Niche Early Humbly

I'm Dario Argento, and my style is something recognizable I think by the audience. Dario Argento

Style Think Recognizable Something Audience

I was very young, and I was on vacation with my family, and there was a retrospective of old films, and one of them was 'The Phantom of the Opera' with Claude Rains that was in color. It was something very important for my career because I began to follow these stories that were morbid. Dario Argento

For a long time, censors have been cutting my works. This makes me so sad, because many times they will tell me, 'Television won't like, so we have to cut, cut, cut!' Dario Argento

Sad Time Me Will Long Long Time Television Tell Like Because Makes Been Times Cut Cutting Many Works

We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad relationships. The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall. Dario Argento

The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I'm afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what's there, to embrace it. I don't know why, but I'm drawn. Dario Argento

You Natural Writing Dangerous Madness Insanity Approach Extremes Drawn Embrace See Something Directing Drives Feel Know Also Go Affinity Afraid Want Process Why

Americans are very enthusiastic. We have a new generation of moviegoers who love great horror films. I am a very imaginative man, and for me, it's easy to speak with my dark side. I have very beautiful, interesting nightmares. Dario Argento

Love Beautiful Great Me Man Generation Speak Dark Dark Side Films Side Easy Enthusiastic Horror Horror Films New New Generation Am Very American Interesting Who Imaginative Nightmares

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance. Dario Fo

Time Theatre Speak Own Relevance Does Artistic Artistic Expression Literature Expression

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics. Dario Fo

Politics Every Adds Something Artistic Artistic Expression Influenced Either Expression

It's not bad at all, getting a Nobel and making so many old fossils explode with rage. Dario Fo

Old Rage Bad Nobel Making Getting Explode Many Fossils

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not courting it, either. If you have lived well, it is the fair conclusion to life. Dario Fo

Life Death You Fair Well Conclusion Courting Afraid Either Lived

I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate. Dario Fo

You Power Big Those Laugh Out Plug Conceited Leap Make Around Reveal How Making Am Go Up Get Which Them Shots Show Who Wars Fun Slaughtered Pull

My theater has always been a political battle on the stage. Dario Fo

Battle Political Stage Always Been Theater

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. Dario Fo

Art Telling Spontaneously Learned Boy Ironic Stories

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression. Dario Fo

Politics Freedom Ugly Church Thought Signs Resurgence Had Instead Freedom Of Expression Withdrawn Terrible Italian Interfering Expression

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest. Dario Fo

War Nevertheless Involved Were Mode Dishonest Justification Games

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs. Dario Fo

People Side State Types Way Circumstances Saddam Accept Affairs Iraq American Current Often Current State Happens Which Descended Why Level

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized. Dario Fo

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people. Dario Fo

Love Satire People Everywhere Dead Dead People Without Always Found

On weekends, the U.S. was casual; in Italy the weekend was very formal. I came to understand that weekends are about free time, and that one could wear high quality, tasteful products that weren't so formal. Diego Della Valle

I want people to feel happy when they wear my shoes. Diego Della Valle

Happy People Shoes Wear Feel Want

I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small accessories like Tod's Greca belt and our woven bracelets for a wild touch. Diego Della Valle

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I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals. Diego Della Valle

Work Beautiful Good Me Learning Quality Passion Goals Father Took Good Quality He Exclusive Reach Also Him Up Persevere Taught Want Grew Create Products Watching

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